Jeff Dunham

The new musical “This Ain’t No Disco,” co-written by Stephen Trask and directed by Hartford Stage’s Darko Tresnjak, opened July 24 at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York.

Trask grew up in New London, graduated from Wesleyan University and was living in New Haven when his first stage hit, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” premiered off Broadway in 1998.

“This Ain’t No Disco,” which ends its limited run Aug. 12, chronicles the downtown arts scene of mid-1980s New York, including the iconic nightlife haunts The Mudd Club and Studio 54. Trask co-wrote the show’s musics and lyrics with Peter Yanowitz and co-wrote its book with Yanowitz and Rick Elice. The musical is choreographed by...

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